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Tag: Short stories

Review: Permafrost by SJ Norman

A collection of haunted stories that unsettle like the melting permafrost of the title.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Germany, Horror, LGBTIQ, Non-binary, Poland, queer, Short stories, UK

Review: Born Into This by Adam Thompson

Born Into This is an effective demand to be heard.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Indigenous writers, Short stories, Tasmania

Review: Collisions (edited by Leah Jing McIntosh, Cher Tan, Adalya Nash Hussein and Hassan Abul)

Collisions aims to “shift the Australian imaginary”.

Anthology, Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Indigenous writers, Short stories, Writers of colour

Review: A Couple Of Things Before The End by Sean O’Beirne

These stories are about traditional Aussie men, all at sea in their emotions.

Australian, Climate change, Contemporary, Short stories, Spec-fic, Speculative

Review: Shirl by Wayne Marshall

A whimsical, absurd and transgressive collection of stories about Australian masculinity.

Australian, Fiction, Short stories

Review: Here Until August by Josephine Rowe

Here Until August is an intriguing collection of 10 short stories. They often feel haunted and uncanny.

Australian, Short stories, Stella Prize

Review: The House of Youssef by Yumna Kassab

I can’t say I enjoyed this book very much – it’s full of domestic tragedy – but I was impressed by its intensely claustrophobic mood.

Australian, Contemporary, Short stories, Stella Prize

Review: Runaway by Alice Munro

Alice Munro is often said to be the modern master of short stories. I can see why.

Fiction, Short stories

Review: Australia Day by Melanie Cheng

Australia Day is a revealing and uncomfortable diagnosis of Australia’s multicultural insecurities.

Australian, Short stories

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